History from below uncovers overlooked protagonists contributing to (inter)national endeavour often against considerable odds. Mrs T. Edward Bowdich then Mrs R. Lee (1791–1856) is indicative. When women allegedly cannot participate in early nineteenth-century scientific exploration, discovery and publication, Sarah’s multiple specialist contributions to French and British natural history have attracted no book-length study. This first appraisal of Sarah’s unbroken production of discipline-...

Paul Iarrobino was compelled to create this new body of work based on his personal experiences navigating the pandemic. Witnessing and learning from others fueled the energy around creating a collection of stories and poems to give meaning to changed lives in a topsy-turvy world.Fifteen literary gems are inside for you to explore how COVID has affected people. How similar have your experiences been? Is there an end to this? Will we be better off? Knowledge of others’ experiences wi...

Two hundred years after his death, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) continues to resonate as a fascinating, ambivalent, and polarizing figure. Differences of opinion as to whether Bonaparte should be viewed as the executor of the principles of the French Revolution or as the figure who was principally responsible for their corruption are as pronounced today as they were at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Contributing to what had been an uneasy German relationship with the French Rev...

The mother of God is often portrayed as a passive figure, yet Mary is described in Luke's gospel as a woman who exercised choice, questioned things, reflected, responded, spoke up, and demonstrated great faith. Mary had a voice.This unique Advent devotional from British theologian Amy Orr-Ewing invites us to hear the familiar Christmas story from an untold perspective: that of an ordinary, young, poor, oppressed woman who was chosen to play a significant and breakthrough role in th...

Find guidance through the advent season with the mother of Jesus and central figure in the story of Christmas, Mary.At Christmastime we remember that an ordinary, young, poor, oppressed woman was chosen to play a significant and breakthrough role in the redemption of the world. It is no mistake that a woman gets to be a part of all this, and that her voice, her questions, her fears, and her actions matter.Mary’s faith and her wisdom form an astonishing aspe...

Stars of the Southern Skies is a captivating exploration of the celestial wonders visible from the Southern Hemisphere, authored by Agnes G. Clerke. This comprehensive guide delves into the unique constellations, brilliant stars, and fascinating astronomical phenomena that grace the southern night sky. With vivid descriptions and clear explanations, the book introduces readers to the mythology, history, and scientific significance of southern constellations such as the Southern Cross, Cent...

Load your English language “teacher backpack” with teacher-tested, research-based strategies to enhance your teaching of English language, literature, and content. As students develop language through such strategies as Conga Line, Carousel, and Word Splash, they are engaged in positive, productive, and effective language learning.Almost every community today includes students who are new to the English language. Strategies for Teaching English Language, Litera...

“Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Bothwell” is a short history of the life of Mary Stuart with a focus on the love affair between her and Lord Bothwell, a Scottish nobleman. Extracted from Lyndon Orr’s “Famous Affinities of History”, published in 1912, this timeless story of love and intrigue will entice fans of the 2018 film “Mary Queen of Scots” starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie.

This book is for those who have learned or are learning to recognise the southern constellations, but have not read much about astronomy, and have only an opera-glass or small telescope, or no instrument but their own eyes, for examining the stars. I assume that they have studied some simple guide to the constellations like Proctor’s, or my Southern Stars, and that they would like to know something more about the stars they are looking at—how far off they are, how large, if they remain alw...

Ils sont quatre comme l'étaient les Trois Mousquetaires. Il y a d'abord Camille, anorexique qui dessine comme pas deux et travaille la nuit comme femme de ménage ; Frank, cuisinier génial abonné à Mon-Beauf-fait-de-la-moto ; Paulette, sa mémé, qui commence à oublier des choses mais essaie de le cacher ; Philibert, l'aristocrate bégayant égaré quelque part entre saint Louis et Napoléon. Quatre bras cassés, plutôt malmenés par la vie. Ensemble, ils vont inventer une invraisemblable et mervei...

The ‘People’s Joan of Arc’: Mary Elizabeth Lease, Gendered Politics and Populist Party Politics in Gilded-Age America is the first comprehensive biography tracing the captivating life of renowned activist Mary Elizabeth Lease. While Lease is most remembered in American history textbooks as the radical leader of the Populist Party who directed desperate farmers «to raise less corn and more hell», her influence and involvement in the late-nineteenth-century women’s suffrage movement...

Reflections on the Pandemic: COVID and Social Crises in the Year Everything Changed is a collection of essays, poems, and artwork that captures the raw energy and emotion of 2020 from the perspective of the Rutgers University community. The project features work from a diverse group of Rutgers scholars, students, staff, and alumni. Reflecting on 2020 from a number of perspectives – mortality, justice, freedom, equality, democracy, family, health, love, hate, economics, history, me...